> if you want english format, i suggest style 103 > > and just how do I do this? select convert(char(10),yourDate,103) from yourTable > Yes. I entered the ISO format and it still gave me the American format > MM/DD/YYYY so the problem is output http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_ca-co_2f3o.asp did you know you can download BOL (Books OnLine) from microsoft? i think it's 32 megs or something, sorry i don't have the url at the moment... finding stuff on their site is torture rudy